He ain't the future tho is he? Hardly a prodigy or highly rated.
He plays on the right of a back 3 so can cover the loss of TAA by effectively promoting someone like Reece James to the wing back role.
Like I said he's been picked because of his versatility of position and the fact Southgate is desperate to revert back to his back 3(5).
Im convinced Southgate will jump at the first sight of danger and go back to his ultra defensive 5-2-3 or 3-4-3.
Ben White is the second coming of Eric Dier he can play CB and CDM and we all know how much Gareth loved Dier.
But Ben White might be able to play two positions he is the master of none. I would argue he is the weakest CB at Brighton(Dunk and Webster are better) and his CDM skills are just of a ball playing CB playing there.
In the end he's been picked because of versatility and not because he's a good player just like Eric Dier was.
JWP would be amazing next to a someone like Bissouma.
Watkins
Jack-------Buendia-----Traore
JWP ----------- Bissouma
However I don't see us buying him and another DMC so would just prefer a DMC.
Jack pretty much saying we got nobody decent at free kicks at Villa so getting fouled doesn't pay unlike playing for England.
A top notch specialist set piece taker(corners, free kicks) has to be essential this summer.